Legal Opinion
Bankr. L. Rep. P 73,972 in Re Barry Stephens Yanks, Debtor. Martha Hoskins v. Barry Stephens Yanks
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 13, 1991No. 90-5667PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant Hoskins filed this complaint to prevent the discharge of a debt owed by appellee Yanks. ■ In 1975, Hoskins’ late husband sued Yanks in a Florida court for the tort of defamation, alleging that Yanks had maliciously published a defamatory statement about Mr. Hoskins, or, in the alternative, that malice was implied by law. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Hoskins and awarded zero dollars in compensatory damages and $20,000 in punitive damages.
Yanks has since filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, and Hoskins’ complaint was consolidated with the ongoing bankruptcy…
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